The reasons to use wordpress

13 December 2012

If you are into blogging or web designing, then you should not look any further. WordPress can become your best content management solution. Although WordPress was originally designed for blogging, now it can be used for business websites as well because it’s been built on PHP/MySQL. PHP is a processing language that is embedded into HTML. Despite PHP and MySQL can be used independently, when they are used together, the results can be incredible. Neither of them can do the same alone.

So if you’re still not sure what cms to choose for your website, here are some good reasons to consider WordPress platform.

1. Simple, clear, user-friendly. If I have to be honest, WordPress cms is so simple that you could install and use it right out-of-the-box. Most web hosting providers offer one-click installations of WordPress, therefore, you don’t even need to have special training or in-depth technical knowledge to install it. The whole process is extremely simple and straightforward. All the panels in the dashboard make sense and easy to understand even for beginners.

2. A great variety of plugins. Taking into consideration the fact that a big number of websites on the Internet are WordPress-based, you can imagine how many plugins (add-ons) are available on the worldnet to keep you busy. There are thousands of WordPress plugins that you could use to extent the features of your own website.

3. SEO-friendly. WordPress websites already come with better seo than most HTML templates on the web. Add to that a seo plugin, good content, and your website can achieve high rankings in Google.

4. Open source. WordPress platform is an open source content management system. If you’d like to add extra customization to your WordPress website, it’s not problematic to find a developer who would be able to extend functions of the site.

5. Community support. WordPress cms is very popular! If you have any questions or troubles with the platform, there’s a lot of information on the Internet. Plenty of blogs, forums, tutorial, online videos, etc. will definitely answer all your questions.

6. Customizable themes. Because all the themes are open source, you can buy or download them right from the web and change it to your heart’s content. However, keep in mind that themes are independent from the content, thus you can edit and swap them as often as you like without ruining website functionality.